Shallot vs Modern Gray
Shallot is a Cloverdale Paint color while Modern Gray comes from Sherwin-Williams. Both sit in the beige-greige family, which is useful context if you're narrowing within a single hue direction. With LRVs of 61 and 62, they'll behave almost identically in terms of how much light they reflect back into a room. With a ΔE of 0.9, the difference is subtle — you'd need them side by side to reliably tell them apart. Below you'll find 4 real-room photo comparisons where both colors appear side by side, plus 5 simulated room previews.
Shallot vs Modern Gray in Real Spaces
4 real rooms side by side. Shallot and Modern Gray are close enough that the difference can be hard to judge from a chip alone — these photos show how each reads at scale, across different spaces and lighting conditions.
Living Room
Living rooms test a color across a full range of conditions — morning sun, afternoon shade, and evening lamp light all shift how both of these read. In photos like these you're seeing the difference at its most direct. In a finished room, the distinction is there but not dramatic.
Bedroom
Bedroom walls are often seen under warm artificial light, a context that shifts both colors from how they look on a chip. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Kitchen
Kitchen lighting tends to be bright and directional, which sharpens contrast and makes undertone differences more apparent. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Bathroom
Bathrooms amplify color — the enclosed space and reflective surfaces make what reads subtle elsewhere feel more present here. The two are close enough that the choice comes down to finer qualities — undertone, texture, what the color sits next to.
Color Details
Shallot vs Modern Gray Simulated Comparison
5 simulated room previews — drag the slider on each to see Shallot on one side and Modern Gray on the other.
Digital color is approximate. These simulations are generated from the manufacturer's hex values and overlaid on grayscale room photos — your screen's calibration, brightness, and viewing angle all affect how they render. Before committing to either color, test physical samples in your own space under the light you actually live with.
More Shallot comparisons
See how Shallot stacks up against other well-photographed colors across different brands and tones.
At LRV 83 vs 61, White Dove is decisively the brighter choice.
Shallot reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 52), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Shallot reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 30), opening up a space where Evergreen Fog encloses it.
With LRVs of 61 and 60, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 3-point LRV gap (61 vs 58) makes Shallot the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 27, Shallot is decisively the brighter choice.
Shallot reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 43), opening up a space where French Gray encloses it.
A 6-point LRV gap (61 vs 55) makes Shallot the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 44, Shallot is decisively the brighter choice.
Pure White reflects far more light (LRV 84 vs 61), opening up a space where Shallot encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (66 vs 61) makes Balboa Mist the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 74 vs 61, Shoji White is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Shallot is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (68 vs 61) makes Skimming Stone the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 61 vs 12, Shallot is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 61 vs 45, Shallot is decisively the brighter choice.
Shallot reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 31), opening up a space where Pale Green encloses it.
Shallot reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 7), opening up a space where Pine Needle encloses it.
Shallot reflects far more light (LRV 61 vs 24), opening up a space where Cement grey encloses it.
Shallot reads slightly lighter (LRV 61 vs 57), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.